May 26, 2009

Justify the Means

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Oh, I should have known that I
Couldn't just lie
About these chains I hide
From my own mind.
I can't believe it's true…
Still, though, I knew,
All of this time I've been through.

In hindsight
I see now that I had tied
My heartstrings
To too many birds with wings.

Oh, I should have known that they
Couldn't just stay
That they would fly away
Now I regret
All of the days that I'll never forget
Because of the things I let slide

These chains are
Tearing my heart apart
And still I,
I just can not let it die.
I don't know,
I'm drowned in the undertow,
Can't break through,
So tell me what I should do

My mind just won't let my heart go free
It locked it up and it burned the key.
Now logic is the restraining force
Holding back my heart from its normal course.
It won't let tears fall, it won't admit
That my hearts been hurt, that I'm numbing it.
And I won't fight back, because I know it's wrong,
Oh I'll stand my ground long as this goes on.

Oh, does the end justify?
Or does the means damn you for things you let slide?

Sanctify
Fighting for a lie
Does my righteous cause
Justify the loss?
Oh my heart will bleed
And the wounds will sting,
But I'm haunted by
Whether I had tried.